From: robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
   In article <10jgp7o$ju6$1@reader2.panix.com>,   
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:   
      
   > In article <10jgm3u$2si45$3@nntp.eternal-september.org>,   
   > Tony Nance   wrote:   
   > >On 1/2/26 9:19 PM, Titus G wrote:   
   > >> On 3/01/26 04:53, Tony Nance wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> ( +++++ - - ) The Wreck of the River of Stars - Flynn   
   > >>> This was stunningly well-written, with wonderful insights, turns of   
   > >>> phrase, and literary references a-plenty (which are easy to ignore if   
   > >>> one wishes to), BUT…friends, this is a tragedy, in the essential sense   
   > >>> of Greek Tragedy. And I spoil nothing by telling you so, since it’s in   
   > >>> the title, it’s on the back cover, and from about page 20 onward (if   
   not   
   > >>> before!) it is clear to every reader that things will neither go well   
   > >>> nor end well. All of the characters are broken in some way, they make   
   > >>> both heroic and stupid choices, the miscommunications are numerous, and   
   > >>> the consequences are dire…and the readers sees almost all of it.   
   > >>> Absolutely magnificent, and painful to observe.   
   > >>   
   > >> I see from Fantastic Fiction that it is number 5 in a series of 5. Did   
   > >> you read the first four?   
   > >   
   > >I have not. In fact, I didn't know this one was part of a series. I'm   
   > >wondering if it's actually a series, or a group of novels in the same   
   > >universe.   
   >   
   > The second, at most. FF seems to think it's in the same universe as Flynn's   
   > Firestar books. However, the ISFDB, SFE, and Wikipedia do not.   
      
   Its a group. Jacinta Rosario appears in at least 2 of the _Firestar_   
   series. She (or at least Port Rosario on Mars) is mentioned in _The   
   Wreck of the River of Stars_ and the _January Dancer_ sequence (which   
   considering how much that is in the future is rather extraordinary).   
      
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